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FALL 2019 Foundation CONNECTION the “Gift of Time” Means Something Different to Their Lives GIFT OF TIME ISSUE IS IT HAM OR JAM? > pg. 5 WONDER WOMAN POWER PACK > pg. 7 ADRIANNA’S ARMY > pg. 9 MARY ARMOUR: DEFIBRILLATOR WARRIOR > pg. 17 A GREAT BIG HEART > pg. 20 Adrianna Foster Foundation CONNECTION Newsletter of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation > ISSUE NO. 18 | FALL 2019 Foundation CONNECTION The “gift of time” means something different to their lives. Each of them have found ways to pay- each of us. it-forward in their communities, and they bravely discuss the “new normal,” a term that heart Every day, we are privileged at the Heart Institute patients often use to describe a change in their Foundation to hear stories from patients, and lifestyle following a cardiac event. They share the their families, who believe they have been given things they might have missed, and what they are an opportunity to experience something special, doing now with the time they have been given. something they may have missed, if it were not for the Heart Institute. Thanks to them, we are proud to call this edition of Foundation CONNECTIONS the Gift of Time issue. It takes courage and grace to share personal health struggles. I want to express my deep appreciation The Foundation also receives gifts of time from to Adrianna, Byron, Cynthia, John and Mary for our community and Team Heart is an exceptional bringing you into their world, if only briefly, to example. Over 120 participants took part in the share what role the Heart Institute has played in Tamarack Race Weekend last May raising over $44,000 for the Heart Institute. In June, members of Team Heart took part in the Subaru IronMan Challenge in Mont Tremblant raising an additional $30,000. Team Heart is comprised of patients, What’s Inside their family and friends and Heart Institute staff. Thank you! Many other community fundraising THE GIFT OF TIME events took place throughout the summer, we Dr. Wilbert Keon Pioneer, 2 thank everyone who gave their time and talent to Visionary, Leader organize and participate. Is it Ham or Jam? 5 It has been several months since the passing of Dr. Wilbert Keon, visionary founder of the When Your Heart Misbehaves 7 Heart Institute. I’d like to thank Heart Institute President and CEO, Dr. Thierry Mesana for Adrianna’s Army 9 joining me as we reflect on how Dr. Keon A Heart-Healthy Take on a Fall 15 engaged this community at such a profound level, Flavour Classic: The Pumpkin Spice Latte ensuring the future of the Heart Institute. Mary Armour: Defibrillator Warrior 17 Thank you for taking the time to read our stories and for your dedicated support, thank you for From a Heart Too Big to a 20 giving the gift of time. Great Big Heart Jim Orban, President and CEO Heart Institute Foundation 1 Dr. Wilbert Keon, Visionary, Pioneer, Leader In March 2018, when the state-of-the-art tower about their triple bypasses. But when he got up to was completed at the University of Ottawa Heart speak, there was a humility about him as he once Institute, CEO Dr. Thierry Mesana insisted the again thanked community members for their first person to see it be founder Dr. Wilbert generous support.” Keon. The reaction from the then-82-year-old Orban says Keon also had a way of attracting man, whose name has been synonymous with financial help. the Heart Institute for the past 43 years, was complete satisfaction. “Dr. Keon once told me a priest in his parish funded a portion of his education,” Orban recalls. Mesana, who came to Ottawa as the chief of “It’s not something the priest had to do. Professor cardiac surgery in 2001 and became CEO in 2014, Jean-Jacques Lussier, then-dean of the University succeeding Dr. Robert (Bob) Roberts, recalls the of Ottawa Medical School, didn’t have to provide day well. “He saw this new world-class facility,” he $5 million from the University to help start the says. “There was nothing that could beat it and he Heart Institute, but he did. Members of the was really proud to see that. He told me ‘My dream community didn’t have to donate, but they did. It has really come true.’ It allowed him to see that was a consistent pattern throughout his career.” the Heart Institute would continue to grow and become even more impactful. I’m sure he felt like his mind was at peace; he was relieved.” Dr. Wilbert Keon participated in 16,153 open-heart surgeries over his 38 years as an active surgeon and when he founded the institute in 1976, he worked tirelessly alongside others to raise the necessary funds to launch it. Until his death this past April, he continued to make community appearances to express his appreciation on behalf of the Heart Institute Foundation. Dr. Wilbert Keon Jim Orban, President and CEO of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation, remembers Building the institute required the community, a frigid and snowy night this past February something Keon never forgot. And as the institute when Keon insisted on accompanying him to a enters the next phase of its life — one that doesn’t fundraising dance in Eganville, 90 minutes west include Wilbert Keon occasionally walking the of Ottawa. halls and speaking with staff and patients — that legacy will continue, say Mesana and Orban. “He was like a rock star,” Orban says. “One person approached him and said ‘You operated Thierry Mesana came to the Heart Institute after on my five-year-old son 30 years ago and he’s still leaving a good job as head of cardiac surgery at with us.’ There were battle-scarred people talking one of the largest academic hospitals in his native 2 Dr. Wilbert Keon, Visionary, Pioneer, Leader continued... France. He had been handpicked for the position Mesana, like Orban, has always been impressed and Keon was always grateful Mesana left the by the community-oriented legacy Keon created weather and his civilized life in Marseilles and and fostered. convinced his wife to come to what is sometimes “His leadership can be summed up in the culture the coldest capital in the world. he created at the institute and the impact it’s had “What really attracted me was the model of the on the community — and how beloved he was,” Heart Institute,” Mesana says “It was different Mesana says. “There are lots of good cardiac from what I had in France, which was just a centres and surgeons, but someone like him, who division of cardiac surgery inside a big hospital. made such an impact on the community, is very I wanted to be working in an institute model. rare. I liked that, because I feel the same way.” There are very few true heart institutes like this. Without Dr. Keon, Jim Orban will continue to Lots of places call themselves heart institutes, connect to community and share the founder’s but this one is unique. My hope was to work in legacy in that way and Mesana will do the same, an environment where all the cardiac specialties while always making sure the institute’s clinical work closer and promote research together.” focus remains squarely on the patients. “The most important thing is the patients and how we save lives and help people live healthier lives,” Mesana says. “You don’t just help one person. You impact the whole family. Dr. Keon was really beloved by his patients and this may never be matched, but the institute will always recognize his leadership and legacy.” Mesana also mentioned Don Beanlands, who joined Keon in 1977 and was chief of the cardiology division for 19 years. “They worked like two brothers building this place,” Mesana Dr. Keon was recognized for his contribution to the says. “They have built together a unique team community at a 2017 Ottawa REDBLACKS game with the famed wood cookie. culture with unparalleled “esprit de corps” as Dr Beanlands likes to say.” The other thing that drew Mesana to the institute was Keon’s enthusiasm — the founder showed “The future of the institute is to continue to bring him his vision for expansion and the institute’s world-class care to the community,” Mesana potential for growth. says with confidence. “The cardiac technology continues to advance and the institute has “When I look at what it is today, compared to physically doubled in size in the last five years 2001, it’s not the same at all,” Mesana says. “It’s — in square footage and staff — but the future is much bigger and more modern with more state- about growing while also maintaining the culture of-the-art equipment.” Dr. Keon established." 3 Thank you and congratulations to our Team Heart Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend and Subaru IRONMAN Mont-Tremblant participants. You are an inspiration to patients, staff, donors, fellow athletes and the entire community. We hope that you are proud of everything you have accomplished to raise funds for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. TEAM HEART BY THE NUMBERS + + = $74,661 RAISED FOR THE 1514 KM 18.9 KM 820 KM HEART INSTITUTE Jennifer Harris, Team Heart Ironman participant RACE WEEKEND PARTICIPANTS: Ali Ahmadi • Emilio Alarcon • James Annis • AMANDA ANNIS $1404 • Peter Annis • Ruth Annis • Madison Bak • Martin Beard • Maxine Beaumier • Vicky Bunny Bencze • Gilles Berger • Annie Bergeron • Melanie Black • Christian Boivert • Paul Boland • Daniel Bouchard • Karen Bouchard • Aaron Brautigram • Keith Brown • Jane Brownrigg • Kathryn Caldwell • Katherine Carter • Paula Carty • Jarrod Chambers • Edgar Chénier • Josée Chiappa • Elisabeth Chong • Edward Chow • Anna Clark • Marilou Cloutier • Catherine Cournoyer • Thais Coutinho • Tara Delage • Pascale Depatie • BERNARD DESLAURIERS $2305 • Alexander Dick • Mathieu Dubé • Jodi Edwards • Jessie Elliot • Fatos Erguven • Duane Faris • Kathy Fraser •
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